Andy, Esq.

It's here!

Andy scooped up the box carried it inside like a new groom with his bride. In giant block lettering, "ACME" was all it read. He laid it down gently, as if what was inside could somehow shatter and all would be lost in an instant. After delicately slicing the tape, he lifted the lid - and there it was.

His mom encouraged Andy's dream of getting one for years, but his father had always stopped him, insisting it wasn't real. "But daaa-aad!  It's a hole that can lead to anywhere!" Andy protested. "You can do anything with it! The possibilities are endless!"

And now, as a law school graduation present from his Aunt Sallie, it had finally arrived: Andy's very own Black Hole. It was just like the ones Bugs Bunny would slap down anywhere and dive into, always fooling poor Elmer Fudd.

Truth be told, Andy had always envisioned the Black Hole would be shinier, more glossy. But he didn't care. He had worked hard all his life, knowing that eventually this moment would come, where his childhood wish for a Black Hole that could take him anywhere would finally be granted.

Andy peered inside the hole, but he saw only darkness. When he reached down into it, he felt nothing. Instead it was empty. Bottomless. Void.

No! This prize he had coveted for so long was magical, he was certain. Andy grabbed it by the edge and slapped it down onto the floor, just like he had watched Bugs do so many times before. Choking back his trepidation, remembering his boyhood wonder, he sprung himself slightly upward and fell - like an anvil - feet first into his Black Hole. Looking upward, he watched the light grow infinitesimally small.

And he would never stop falling.

Read Two Choices.

Read The Boy in the Pool.

Read Inside the Machine .